09
Oct
Obama as Nobel-laureate – Not popular
Well, everyone is buzzing about it and mostly not in a good way. This post by port1080 @ TnT provides a good series of comments from usually supportive websites:
If there’s any question that this decision was bizarre, it should be dispelled by the fact that even most of the left (from the center-left to the far left) is puzzled by it:
http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/09/a_premature_peace_prize/index.html
“If he achieves all [his goals], he definitely deserves a prize. But not quite yet.”
http://www.tnr.com/blog/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize
“Seriously. Should he turn it down?”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/10/9/791325/-Turn-it-down,-Obama
“He has to turn down the Nobel Peace Prize.”
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/482445/the_aspirational_nobel
“These Nobel sentiments, however, are aspirational in my view. Obama doesn’t deserve the prize, yet. ”
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/10/unexpected_developments.php?ref=fpblg
“This is an odd award. You’d expect it to come later in Obama’s presidency and tied to some particular event or accomplishment.”